PHILOS 1E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Behaviorism, Connectionism, Artificial Neural Network
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Last week we were looking at the mind-body problem. This week we continue this, considering the related but more specific problem of consciousness. Leibniz famously argued that it is impossible to explain perception on mechanical principles, that is, solely in terms of shapes and motions. Ex) a mill being a bunch of shapes and proportions. This thought experiment involving the mill can be seen as an anticipation of. Searle, too, finds nothing corresponding to intention or meaning in the computational processes involved within the room. A third thought frank jackson proposed experiment of this kind in. When she sees colour she will experience the quale of colour. Mary knows everything about colour and what people see, but she the physical information. Ergo there is more to have than that, and has been forced to live in a black and white world, so she doesn"t. Jackson- (cid:498)her previous information was incomplete but she had all.
